himu
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Estonian
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *himo. Cognates include Votic imo and Finnish, Ingrian, Karelian, Livvi, Ludian, and Veps himo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]himu (genitive himu, partitive himu)
- desire, wish, passion, craving, lust
- 1924, August Kitzberg, Ühe vana "tuuletallaja" noorpõlve mälestused[1], volume I, Tartu: Noor-Eesti, →ISBN, page 40:
- Oh kuidas neid igatsusega oodati, himuga osteti, mitte ainult, et näha millal vihma ehk lund tuleb, vaid pääasjalikult nende sabade pärast, oli uudist saada.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1954 January 29 [1938], A. H. Tammsaare, “Itaalia-reis”, in Sirp ja Vasar, number 5, page 7:
- Mõlemal oli nõnda nii imeliselt hea, sest mehe pilgus virvendas alles himu. Kuna naise palgeile tõusis häbipuna, tõusis juba täie teadmise taibuga, kui ütlemata hea on nõnda mehe pilgu ees punastada.
- It was so wonderfully good for both of them, because the man's gaze was full of lust. As a blush of shame rose on her cheeks, it rose with full knowledge of how unutterably good it was to blush thus before his gaze.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of himu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | himu | himud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | himu | ||
| genitive | himude | ||
| partitive | himu | himusid | |
| illative | himmu himusse |
himudesse | |
| inessive | himus | himudes | |
| elative | himust | himudest | |
| allative | himule | himudele | |
| adessive | himul | himudel | |
| ablative | himult | himudelt | |
| translative | himuks | himudeks | |
| terminative | himuni | himudeni | |
| essive | himuna | himudena | |
| abessive | himuta | himudeta | |
| comitative | himuga | himudega | |
Derived terms
[edit]Compounds
[edit]- abiellumishimu
- eluhimu
- hullamishimu
- hävitushimu
- joomahimu
- kaklushimu
- karjäärihimu
- kasuhimu
- klatšihimu
- kullahimu
- kuulsushimu
- kõmuhimu
- kättemaksuhimu
- lihahimu
- lobisemishimu
- lugemishimu
- lõbuhimu
- magusahimu
- naeruhimu
- naudinguhimu
- neimahimu
- patuhimu
- pilkamishimu
- protsessimishimu
- rahahimu
- reisihimu
- revanšihimu
- riiuhimu
- rikastumishimu
- rändamishimu
- rännuhimu
- saagihimu
- saamahimu
- seiklushimu
- sensatsioonihimu
- silmahimu
- suitsuhimu
- tapahimu
- tapmishimu
- tasuhimu
- tasumishimu
- teadmahimu
- teadmishimu
- teadusehimu
- teadushimu
- teohimu
- uimastihimu
- uudishimu
- valitsemishimu
- vallutushimu
- verehimu
- viinahimu
- võimuhimu
- võitlushimu
- õpihimu
- õppimishimu
References
[edit]- himu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “himu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Hopi
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]himu